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The Hunters

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The Hunters	comment	The Hunters (Swedish JÃ¤garna) Is a 1996 Swedish Nordic Noir film, written and directed by Kjell Sundvall.Stockholm cop Erik (Rolf LassgÃ¥rd) has decided to move back to his hometown in northernmost Sweden, after being involved in a traumatic shootout with a robber. Arriving on the day of his father's funeral, Erik receives a warm welcome from his brother Leif (Lennart JÃ¤hkel) and all his childhood friends. Deciding to stay, he takes a job as a criminal detective in their small town, and immediately takes an interest in the widespread poaching which the other cops seemingly aren't troubled by at all.Unbeknownst to Erik, he has just set some terrible gears in motion, and he might not like what he finds in this Town with a Dark Secret.Savage and disturbing even by Nordic Noir standards, The Hunters draws inspiration more from films like Deliverance, Straw Dogs (1971) and First Blood than the standard Police Procedural fare. It helped to cement the image of "Norrland" (Everything from HÃ¤lsingland and above) as a sort of Hillbilly mixture between the Savage South and Grim Up North for the rest of the country. Needless to say, many Norrlanders either hate or adore this movie (and Kjell Sundvall) to this day.The film has had a couple of sequels after its first release, with one film releasing in 2012, and a series premiering November 2018, both of which have gotten quite alot of praise, though the latter more than the former. The 2012 film centers around Leif's biological son Peter and his adoptive family, with the father Torsten (Peter Stormare) being Erik's latest colleague when a brutal murder on a woman occurs during a hunting event, and eventually Erik is forced to choose between loyalty or morality when he realizes that someone not so far away from them are committing the murders. The 2018 series introduces the character Markus Lindmark, a cave entrepreneur and businessman from humble beginnings who is criticized due to his projects potentially damaging the landscape, and that's when a ruthless murderer comes along who instantly attacks Markus and his business for unknown reasons. Once again however, as Erik grows more attached to the case, he notices even more corruption everywhere than he ever could have predicted, and has to make up his mind if he wants to stand against everyone else in his quest to reveal the truth, or if he needs to save his own skin this time.
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The Hunters / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
The Hunters / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: HÃ¥kan is the most chicken-livered of all the hunters, and panics at any sign of trouble.
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The Hunters / int_1343f8a1	type	Asian Hooker Stereotype
The Hunters / int_1343f8a1	comment	Asian Hooker Stereotype: Leif's gang treats Nena (the Filipina waitress at their Local Hangout) like this.
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The Hunters / int_1d585e06	type	Roguish Poacher
The Hunters / int_1d585e06	comment	Roguish Poacher: What the townsfolk view Leif and the boys as.
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The Hunters / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Hunters / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: A literal example. Erik is able to tie Tomme to the poaching racket, because he recognizes his gun (a hunting rifle with a wolf's head stock) in the bootleg slaughterhouse.
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The Hunters / int_26bb1906	type	Cop/Criminal Family
The Hunters / int_26bb1906	comment	Cop/Criminal Family: Erik, the investigator and Leif, the malevolent criminal.
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The Hunters / int_2f187e89	type	It Works Better with Bullets
The Hunters / int_2f187e89	comment	It Works Better with Bullets: When Ove is lured by Leif to be Shot at Dawn under the guise of a hunting trip, he catches on to him and pulls the trigger. It's empty.
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The Hunters / int_347e35d6	type	Grim Up North
The Hunters / int_347e35d6	comment	Grim Up North: Takes place in Norrbotten, located in northern Sweden and has a very dark tone.
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The Hunters / int_3dc6aa5b	type	New Old West
The Hunters / int_3dc6aa5b	comment	New Old West: To such a degree, that a Hollywood remake was actually in development for a while. However, Kjell Sundvall cut it off because he didn't think the plot (modern day Nevadan cowboys maiming ranch horses for fun) was a good enough cultural translation of poaching in Northern Sweden.
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The Hunters / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Hunters / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The first film begins and ends with a funeral.
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The Hunters / int_5977de6c	type	Write What You Know
The Hunters / int_5977de6c	comment	Write What You Know: Director and co-writer Kjell Sundvall is a Norrlander himself.
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The Hunters / int_62434fe2	type	Sanity Slippage
The Hunters / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: Leif starts suffering from this when he realizes he won't make it.
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The Hunters / int_67a9fe7e	type	Slaughterhouse Fight
The Hunters / int_67a9fe7e	comment	Slaughterhouse Fight: Erik gets in to one with Tomme twice.
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The Hunters / int_6acb89db	type	Evil Poacher
The Hunters / int_6acb89db	comment	Evil Poacher: What the titular hunters actually are.
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The Hunters / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
The Hunters / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: Leif, who is very openly racist and goes on a huge rant about how much he hates immigrants. This is definitely inherited from his father, though.
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The Hunters / int_7870735b	type	From Bad to Worse
The Hunters / int_7870735b	comment	From Bad to Worse: What started out as a relatively standard poaching racket although on a massive scale and involving Eriks family and friends escalates into a crescendo of rape and murder. Four people end up dead, including Eriks brother and half-brother.
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The Hunters / int_8a295a46	type	Cool Car
The Hunters / int_8a295a46	comment	Cool Car: The Hunters ride classic American muscle cars and 4x4's everywhere they go.
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The Hunters / int_8a817c2a	type	Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
The Hunters / int_8a817c2a	comment	Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: The Hunters gang-rape Nena to spite Erik, in a very disturbing scene.
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The Hunters / int_916c72b3	type	Rule of Symbolism
The Hunters / int_916c72b3	comment	As a Rule of Symbolism, the sequel also has this. Torsten, Peter's adoptive father after Leif died, constantly abuses the family and is the true killer. It's supposed to give a kind of glimpse on how Leif's childhood probably was and how he ended up like he did.
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The Hunters / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
The Hunters / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: The original film has Leif BÃ¤ckstrÃ¶m, Erik's brother who has become a ruthless poacher since Erik's been away from him and has developed his father's hatred and racism, different from Erik. The 2012 sequel has Torsten, a cold, sociopathic corrupt cop who is behind the recent murders, all so that his "family", which he constantly abuses, wouldn't break with the realization that he is cheating. And in the 2018 series, while every episode hasn't been released yet, the main villain at first seems like Benjamin Abrahamson, who targets the wealthy mining company owner Markus Lindmark, seemingly out to criticize his business affecting the nature of Norrland, but turns out he's really out for revenge because Markus destroyed his father's career. Benjamin is killed in the fourth episode on Markus' orders, setting up the true villain as Markus Lindmark himself, who is willing to kill anyone who remotely critizes his business.
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The Hunters / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: Axel (Erik and Leif's dad) was by all accounts an utter monster, with Leif bearing the brunt of the abuse. As a Rule of Symbolism, the sequel also has this. Torsten, Peter's adoptive father after Leif died, constantly abuses the family and is the true killer. It's supposed to give a kind of glimpse on how Leif's childhood probably was and how he ended up like he did.
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The Hunters / int_b58b7975	comment	Kindhearted Simpleton: Ove, a developmentally disabled man who can hardly speak, and spends most of his time in a watchtower whittling wooden guns. He witnesses Leif murdering the Russian berrypickers wife and things go downhill from there.
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The Hunters / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
The Hunters / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: The series is setting up Markus Lindmark as the true main villain, and kills people who criticize him and his business because he wants to complete his current projects which are constantly stopped by activists.
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The Hunters / int_cd70c3dc	comment	Corrupt Cop: Erik's partner Lasse Bengtsson is as chummy with the poachers as you can get.
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The Hunters / int_cde51255	comment	Antagonist Title: The Hunters, of course.
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The Hunters / int_eb251937	comment	Dirty Cop: Torsten in the sequel is utterly batshit despite his facade of a kind and well-meaning if slightly harsh family man and constatly abuses his family both emotionally and physically. He's also the true killer behind everything occuring in the small town, which ironically he does because he cheated on his wife and doesn't want the truth to come out because it could tear apart the family.
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